[nzlug] xorg configuration

[Michael Adams]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:01:44 +1300
Roland Hill wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My system is Kubuntu Edgy.
> 
> I'm running an nvidia TNT64 video card with the legacy drivers
> provided in the Universe/Multiverse repositories.
> 
> No problems, every time my PC boots I get the nvidia splash.
> 
> However, in order to get glx working I have to manually add 'option'
> to the "Device" section as follows:
> 
> Section "Device"
>   identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 .....<cut to fit>
>   busid "PCI:1:0:0"
>   driver "nvidia"
>   option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "1"
>   screen 0
> EndSection
> 
> Then, in order for the screen savers to work I have to enable power
> saving on the monitor.
> 
> This is all good, but my PC gets turned off at night, and all these
> changes are lost once the machine is powered up again.
> 
> I thought if I manually edited the xorg.conf file it wouldn't get
> re-written.
> 

chmod 555 xorg.conf

-- 
Michael
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